Quotes About Wisdom

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Thomas Merton expresses the need for this mystical imperative: The Christian's vision of the world ought, by its very nature, to have in it something of poetic inspiration. Our faith ought to be capable of filling our hearts with a wonder and a wisdom which see beyond the surface of things and events, and grasp something of the inner and "sacred" meaning of the cosmos which, in all its movements and all its aspects, sings the praises of its Creator and Redeemer.2

Wenn das Herz weint, weil es etwas verlohren hat, lacht der Geist, weil er es gefunden hat.

But sticking to rules just because they're there does not make them right. You need to learn when the rules should be broken.

Sometimes you don't know what you need until it's gone

That´s the problem with the truth. Sometimes the truth is ambiguous, or really bad cliche.

Don't get so caught up in looking behind you forget to look ahead.

I didn't throw the paper away. Maybe I should have. Oh, the things you know in retrospect.

one measure of a book is the degree to which it generates good questions,

The thinking few is right. But not always.

Reflection is the lamp of the heart. If it departs, the heart will have no light.

Wer von wenig Wissen nicht profitiert, ist weit davon entfernt, von viel Wissen zu profitieren.

Conquer your lustful desires and your wisdom will be perfected.

Acting like you know everything and acting like you don't know how to be respectful will keep you ignorant. Be humble.

Author says her father was so diplomatic that when people came to him for solutions, people not only accepted them, but they believed they thought of them.

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

But only he who, himself enlightened, is not afraid of shadows.

Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own intelligence!

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.

In fact the experience at Oxford has really helped me later in life.

The more you study, the more you know; how less you know.

Faith without wisdom and knowledge could produce bigots completely lacking in compassion and tolerance.

There are greater goals in life than material and sensual pleasures